When we made our Ri2D bot, the chassis had a completely static intake with non compliant wheels. From our testing, we realized that we would need to have a large amount of compliance in at least a part of the intake in order to manipulate both Pollen and Nectar. For this reason, we purchased compliant wheels from SWYFT robotics, and once we realized how soft they were,...
Our “Robot in 2 Days” (Ri2D) experiment kicked off immediately after the game reveal as part of Iron Reign’s tradition of rapid prototyping to better understand each season’s challenges. Building off last season’s flywheel experiments, our team chose to prototype a catapult system because of its feasibility and its ability to shoot...
Today, we had our 2nd meeting of the season with the GEMS organization. We had two main activities for the girls today: the first was learning the basics to sewing, and the second was finishing their key chains from last time.
We first taught the girls how to properly use a sewing machine, teaching them how the pedal works and how to operate the machine safely. Then,...
At Semi Regionals, we earned the 2nd place Inspire Award and were the 6th and final team from the tournament to advance to regionals. Soon after the tournament, the team conducted an in-depth analysis of every match we played in as well as judging and overall observations. All of the key points we discussed are boiled down in the SWOT analysis below.
Strengths
The tank-drive...
